expression / godan ~う verb:

• to hold a memorial service for the dead, praying for their happiness in the next life by chanting sutras - Buddhism term

noun:

• carrying over a bill from one Diet session to the next, being deliberated by a committee in the interim

noun:

• selecting an auspicious date by looking at the astrological information on the calendar; date selected in such a manner

noun:

• Heian period (794-1185) ➜ 平安時代【へいあんじだい】
• imperial court in the Heian period

noun:

• enlightenment of the masses; leading the masses on the path of enlightenment (Buddhism) - four character idiom

suffix:

• honorific suffix used after the name of a woman of equal or higher status - honorific language

noun:

• director (of the ritsuryo-period Imperial Prosecuting and Investigating Office) ➜ 弾正台

noun:

• type of dance where the ground is stamped (Heian period) ➜ 歌垣

noun:

• humble language in which the listener (or a third party) is the indirect object of an action (or the recipient of an object, etc.) ➜ 謙譲語ＩＩ

noun / ~する noun:

• ignoring a traffic light; red-light violation; jaywalking

noun:

• red light; stop light; danger signal

noun:

• side dish; okazu; side dish (meat, fish, pickles, etc.) accompanying the rice in a typical Japanese meal
• food for thought (esp. in the context of conversation, or material for assisting arousal during masturbation) ［おかず・オカズ］ - sometimes オガズ
• fill; fill-in (drumming)

expression / ichidan verb:

• to digress; to stray from the subject
• to miss the target; to fly wide of the mark

noun:

• variety of sweet potato with red skin and sweet yellow flesh (product of the Kawagoe region)

noun:

• the clear top of a liquid; the clear layer in a fluid, atop the sediment

noun:

• Buddha, Dharma, Sangha; The Three Jewels; Buddha, the teachings of Buddha, and the community of monks and nuns - Buddhism term ➜ 三宝【さんぼう】
• dollarbird (Eurystomus orientalis) - usually written using kana alone
• roller (any bird of family Coraciidae) - usually written using kana alone
• Eurasian scops owl (Otus scops) ➜ 声の仏法僧

noun:

• legal wife of a regent, of the imperial adviser, or of an official at the Grand Council of State - honorific language

noun:

• passing by flying - archaism
• fickle heart; man who frequently meets with harlots - archaism

noun:

• water and moon
• the moon reflected on the water
• pit of the stomach; solar plexus ➜ 水落

noun:

• splitting the bill so that the others end up paying the whole amount; wheedling the others into paying the whole bill - four character idiom

noun:

• one (esp. of two); the other; one way; the other way; one direction; the other direction; one side; the other side; one party; the other party

conjunction:

• on the one hand; on the other hand ➜ 他方
• whereas; although; but at the same time; meanwhile; in turn

adverbial noun / suffix noun:

• just keeps; being inclined to ...; tending to be ...; tending to do ...; continuously ...; just keeps on ...ing; only - after noun, adjective-stem or plain verb

noun:

• life-sized doll used for masturbation - From English "Dutch wife"
• cage (rattan or cane) used in bed in the tropics
• bolster used for warmth when sleeping

noun:

• regular adoption (official adoption with the consent of both parties and without dissolving the relationship with the biological parents)

auxiliary verb / ichidan verb:

• indicates passive voice (incl. the "suffering passive") - れる for 五段 verbs, られる for 一段 verbs. After the -nai stem of a verb ➜ 迷惑の受身【めいわくのうけみ】
• indicates the potential form - no imperative form
• indicates spontaneous occurrence - no imperative form
• used as an honorific for others' actions - no imperative form - honorific language

noun:

• high-quality Edo-period tissue paper (21 cm by 27 cm)